Get ready. This Friday is the kickoff of downtown Detroit holiday chaos — starting with the 15th annual tree lighting at Campus Martius Park and Beacon Park.

And you’ve probably already got a whiff of it: 320 decorated light poles lining Woodward Avenue and Jefferson, animated to resemble the hand of the Spirit of Detroit, and the nearly 20-foot gold and white gift box downtown.

This will also be the first year the Downtown Detroit Partnership has broadened its lighting program, according to Robert Gregory, chief planning and public spaces officer for DDP. There will be half a million holiday lights, illuminating everything downtown — from the streets to eight large-scale, interactive installations ranging from a flickering light canopy and a giant, shiny star that just scream Instagram-ready.

There will also be a sleigh, with accompanying reindeer, from French lighting company Blachère Illumination and 40-foot Detroit sign that changes colors.

Though all of this is not to upstage the tree itself.

A 60-foot-tall Norway spruce, from Plymouth, will take center stage. Students from 15 Detroit schools decorated and hung ornaments this past week.

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Plymouth couple Tonya and Curtis Duffina donated the 2018 tree. It otherwise would have been chopped and discarded from their front lawn, Gregory previously told the Free Press.

Friday’s tree lighting event at Campus Martius will also feature Grammy award-winning gospel artist and Detroit native CeCe Winans and Olympic figure skating duo Alex and Maia Shibutani. A handful of local choirs and skate groups will also be performing.

More information on who is performing and what other events are happening can be found here.

The 15th annual Detroit Tree Lighting Ceremony will be taking place this Friday, November 16th from 5 p.m. - midnight. Please make note of the street closures and plan accordingly! 🎄 pic.twitter.com/1CxUrjhgZ5

There’s an ice skating rink, a fire pit, selfies with Santa, plenty of food vendors and, of course, the winter market featuring 16 businesses selling all sorts of goodies from chocolate bon-bons to baby apparel and furniture. Last year, the pop-ups were swarmed with customers, bringing in folks from across the state.

The Cadillac Square Lodge will also be making a return this year, and will include ski-lodge-like amenities like games for the kids, and festive cocktails for the adults.

Friday’s event begins at 5 p.m. and is free to the public. A live-stream of the tree lighting will be shown at Beacon Park, too.

It’s the kind of annual event that you can hardly put a price tag on. Or can you?

According to DDP, $375,000 dedicated to the festivities comes via a grant from the Downtown Development Authority, DDP and the Downtown Business Improvement Zone. DTE Energy also contributes a significant, unspecified amount for the months-long event, which concludes in early January. Though, the decorations, and the energy bill, stay up until March.